Autumn has arrived! The official start of the season, the fall equinox, just occurred at 8:44 a.m. today (Sept. 22) in the Northern Hemisphere.
As the temperatures begin to cool, days shorten, and leaves start their vibrant transformation, it’s the perfect time to cozy up with some new music.
Looking for the perfect holiday gift for a music lover in your life? Pause & Play is here to help with our Fall Music Preview.
Click on the dates listed below for upcoming new releases and reissues.
Sept. 27, 2024
Highlights:
New stuff – Bring Me the Horizon … Billy Strings … Gavin DeGraw … JD McPherson … Gilbert O’Sullivan … Mickey Guyton … Common & Pete Rock … Dylan Marlowe … Burton Cummings … MICHELLE … Tower of Power … The Fray … Fairground Attraction … Pale Waves … Leif Vollebekk … Maxïmo Park … Ezra Collective … Xiu Xiu … The Black Dahlia Murder … Neva Dinova … TSHA … Efterklang … Kate Bollinger … Eli & Fur … Shed Seven … Mediocre … Hayden Thorpe … Nina Nesbitt … etc.
Reissues – Michael Bublé … Thin Lizzy … Chicago … Van Morrison … Melanie … Kim Wilde … Vanilla Fudge … Dennis Coffey … Bob Neuwirth … Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn … etc.
Oct. 4, 2024
Highlights:
New stuff – Coldplay … James Bay … Alison Moyet … FINNEAS … The Smile … “Joker: Folie à Deux (Music From the Motion Picture)” … Eric Clapton … Jake Bugg … Mötley Crüe … Yasmin Williams … Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit … Nate Smith … Orla Gartland … Leon Bridges … Jonah Yano … Caribou … Sixpence None the Richer … Thee Sacred Souls … Alessandro Cortini … Toosii … The Devlins … Mindy Smith … Tucker Wetmore … The Wild Feathers … Everyone Says Hi … Half Waif … Kasey Chambers … Trash Boat … Jett Holden … Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn … Taylor Hollingsworth … Godspeed You! Black Emperor … etc.
Reissues – Joni Mitchell … Jimi Hendrix … Toby Keith … Foreigner … Mastodon … Talk Talk … Suede … Lightning Seeds … Aphex Twin … Brenton Wood … Hanson … etc.
Oct. 11, 2024
Highlights:
New stuff – Jelly Roll … The Offspring … Def Leppard … Samara Joy … The Last Dinner Party … The Linda Lindas … Jenny Scheinman … The Blessed Madonna … Cory Marks … Myles Kennedy … Dawes … Justin Moore … Woody Platt … Ronnie Baker Brooks … Propaganda … Current Joys … The Chesterfield Kings … etc.
Reissues – James Blunt … Judy Garland … Rory Gallagher … King Crimson … Melanie … Daniel O’Donnell … Slik … Peter Godwin … English Dogs … The Aerovons … etc.
Oct. 18, 2024
Highlights:
New stuff – Shawn Mendes … Joe Jonas … Jennifer Hudson … Kylie Minogue … Joy Oladokun … MC5 … Madison Cunningham & Andrew Bird … Rag’n’Bone Man … Jake Shimabukuro & Mick Fleetwood … Julian Casblancas+The Voidz … P.P. Arnold … Boney James … Riley Green … Roy Hargrove’s Crisol … Breland … Japandroids … Breymer … Kelly Lee Owens … Benjamin Tod … Twisted Pine … Porridge Radio … Jerrone Paxton … Bear Hands … Tim Heidecker … Liv Greene … Confidence Man … etc.
Reissues – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers … Ray Charles … The Kinks … The Pogues … Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan … Joe Henry … The Tubes … Iris DeMent … The dB’s … Kevin Ayers … The Fall … John Holt … NRBQ … Red Box … etc.
Oct. 25, 2024
Highlights:
New stuff – Halsey … Ed Sheeran … Andrea Bocelli … Bastille … Tears For Fears … Pixies … Kelsea Ballerini … Soccer Mommy … Beth Hart … Amythyst Kiah … Pom Pom Squad … Laura Marling … BADBADNOTGOOD … Better Lovers … Underworld … Bootsy Collins … The Oak Ridge Boys … Iain Matthews … Fancy Hagood … Peach Pit … Chuck Prophet with ¿Qiensave? … Fashion Club … Mr. Big … Flat Black … etc.
Reissues – ABBA … Green Day … Donna Summer … Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young … Frank Sinatra … Duran Duran … Charli XCX … The Allman Brothers Band … Charlie Parker … Bryan Ferry … Pat Benatar … Level 42 … Motörhead … Blue Magic … Tracey Thorn … Lone Justice … The Orb … Johnnie Taylor … Porcupine Tree … Clannad … Kelly Willis … Jason Mraz … etc.
Nov. 1, 2024
Highlights:
New stuff – Willie Nelson … The Cure … Jeremie Albino … Paul Kelly … Skillet … Sarah Blasko … Jeremy Zucker & Chelsea Cutler … Lea Salonga … Haley Heyndrickx … Mount Eerie … mxmtoon … Jennifer Castle … Red Ribbon … Peter Perrett … Johnny Delaware … etc.
Reissues – Elvis Costello … Carpenters … Todd Rundgren … Weezer … Nena … Melanie … T. Rex … Jerry Butler … etc.
Nov. 8, 2024
Highlights:
New stuff – Primal Scream … Widespread Panic … State Champs … Michael Ball & Alfie Boe … Judy Collins … Al Jarreau & NDR Bigband … Mark Farner … The Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band … GLOK / Timothy Clerkin … “Like Someone I Know: A Celebration of Margo Guryan” … Neal Morse & The Resonance … Yonder Mountain String Band … The Bad Plus … Julian Taylor … Our Child … etc.
Reissues – Miles Davis … Whitney Houston … Talking Heads … Eva Cassidy … Spoon … The Tragically Hip … Paul Carrack … The Ladybug Transistor … Spyro Gyra … Blues Magoos … Cass McCombs … Thousand Foot Krutch … Dorsey Burnette … etc.
Nov. 15, 2024
Highlights:
New stuff – Dolly Parton … Gwen Stefani … Linkin Park … Dwight Yoakam … St. Vincent … Michael Kiwanuka … FLO … Gillian Welch & David Rawlings … As I Lay Dying … Carlita … etc.
Reissues – Donna Summer … George Harrison … The Oscar Peterson Quartet … “Dearly Beloved: A Prince Songbook” … TV on the Radio … Crown Heights Affair … Mark Wirtz … etc.
Nov. 22, 2024
Highlights:
New stuff – Zach Bryan … Smashing Pumpkins … Father John Misty … Kim Deal … Niall Horan … Opeth … Killer Mike … Body Count … Van Zant … “TRAИƧA” … etc.
Reissues – Miles Davis … Mötley Crüe … New Order … Nancy Wilson … Can … Space … Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan … etc.
Nov. 29, 2024
Highlights:
New stuff – Charley Crockett … the innocence mission … “Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023” … The Philly Specials … etc.
Reissues – Bullet For My Valentine … Leo Sayer … Regina Spektor … The Futureheads … Davy Graham… etc.
Dec. 6, 2024
Highlights:
New stuff – Jesse Malin … DeWolff … White Denim … etc.
Reissues – Soul Coughing … Joe Henry … etc.
Dec. 13, 2024
Highlights:
New stuff – The National … etc.